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Olmstead Place
Park needs volunteers to lead tours this summer. No
experience is necessary. Learn about the legacy of the
Olmstead Farm. Tours are held on weekends from 12:00pm
to 4:00pm. If interested please call 509-925-1943 today!
Habitat for
Humanity has volunteer opportunities for individuals
16 and over year round! Whether you want to get involved
in the actual construction of a home (NO experience
required) on a Saturday, volunteer in the office
weekdays, or help out with the amazing new Habitat
Store, we need YOU!!! This is a great way to do
something positive for the community, make new friends,
and have lots of fun! Contact Sheri at the Habitat
Office (212 S. Railroad) by calling 509-962-5058.
The FISH Food
bank is in need of soup kitchen volunteers-cooks,
assistant cooks, and servers. The soup kitchen operates
Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Cooks are needed from
9:00 am until approximately 1:00 pm. Servers volunteer
from 11:00 am through 1:00 pm.
The KVCH Gift
Shop has volunteer openings Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday mornings from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and Friday
afternoons from 11:30 am to 4:00 pm. Please call Karen
Schock at 962-7322 to volunteer today!
The Kittitas
County Head Start/ECEAP program has several new
volunteer opportunities. The program is anticipating
moving to a new location. Volunteers are needed to plan
site landscaping, gardening areas, play spaces and to
help with painting and other projects. Please call Kim
Davis at 509-968-4050 for more details.
Catholic Family & Child Service Child Care Resource &
Referral will has an opening for a volunteer 2 days
a week from 3pm to 7pm. Volunteer must be flexible as
the days of the week will vary. Duties include: checking
out resource library items to child care providers,
organize, check-in and clean resource items as they are
returned, make die cuts and other projects may include
creating scrapbooks, signs and photo collages of the
services provided. Some experience or knowledge of early
learning or child development is preferable. Please
contact Lindsey Radke at 509-965-7109.
HopeSource is looking for a number of volunteers to
help teach the NorthStar curriculum. NorthStar is a
program funded by economic stimulus funds that offers
free workshops to the staff members of businesses in our
community. Presented topics include such areas as
attendance, appearance, productivity, teamwork, and
communication in the workplace. Volunteers will assist
the trainer in leading discussions and directing
activities during hour-long workshops. If you are
interested in serving as a facilitator of training
sessions, please call Jesse James at 509-925-1448.
Dr.
Harry Papadopoulos, professor at CWU, RSVP and the
Sr. Fall Prevention Program are looking for residents 65
and older who would like to participate in an “in home”
S.A.I.L. exercise program. S.A.I.L. (Stay Active and
Independent for Life) classes are designed with strength
and balance exercises to help people remain healthy and
prevent falling. CWU Exercise Science Students who are
trained and certified in S.A.I.L. will work one on one
with individuals or couples in their homes or
apartments. All students will be supervised by CWU
professor Papadopoulos. For further information please
contact RSVP at 509-962-4311.
Join the Foster
Grandparent Program! Volunteers with our
organization spend time helping struggling youth.
They’re a model, mentor and a friend. Serving at one of
many local organizations-including faith based groups,
Head Start Centers, schools, and other youth
facilities-they help children learn to read, provide
tutoring, love, comfort, and guide kids. Eligibility
Requirements: At least 55 years old, willing to
serve 20 hours per week, have a desire to work with
youth. What Volunteers Get: Free Lunches, Mileage
reimbursement, Liability Insurance, Lots of love and
hugs from kids, Stipend of $2.65/hour (if your annual
income is low). For more information please call Megan
Turner at 1(800)246-2962 or 1(509)965-7100.
The
Kittitas County Historical Museum is looking for
volunteers to staff the front desk. Duties include
greeting the public, answering the phone and visitor
questions. Volunteers should be available for 2 hours
per week. Hours are Monday through Friday, 10:00 am to
4:00pm. For more information, please call 925-3778.
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The
Telephone Museum of Cle Elum is looking for
volunteers to open the museum and greet guests.
Volunteer shifts of 2 or 4 hours are available from
spring thru Labor Day. Please contact Bonnie Hawk at
509-304-8283.
The
High Country Artists and the Carpenter House Museum
are looking for artists, writers and others to join the
Northern Kittitas County Historical Society. Please
contact Bonnie Hawk at 509-304-8283 orS
NKCHS@yahoo.com
@yahoo.com
Volunteers are needed
to serve as docents and the new Museum of Culture and
Environment at Dean Hall. Hours are 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Mon-Fri and on Saturdays from 10am to 3pm. Please
contact Angie Koch at
kochan@cwu.edu or 509-963-2313.
The
Ellensburg Meals on Wheels program is looking for a
regular volunteer to deliver meals on Tuesday and
Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 12 noon in the Ellensburg
area. If interested call Audrey Lyman at 933-3333 or
929-0692.
Volunteers are needed
at the Children’s Activity Museum, 118 E 4th.
Street. If you are interested in greeting families and
interacting with children, please consider volunteering
your time at the museum. The Museum is also looking for
volunteers to help with woodworking and handyman
projects. We are open Wed. through Sat. from 10:00-5:00
and volunteer hours are flexible during those times.
Please contact Theresa at 925-6789 or
childrensmuseum@kvalley.com.
Volunteer positions are available at The Clothing Center
from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. or 1:00pm to 4:00pm on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Volunteers would help
with sorting and hanging clothes, helping at the front
desk and greeting customers. Volunteers are also needed
to help sort donations on Monday and Friday from 9:00
a.m to 12:00 p.m. Donations of clothing are always
accepted. Please stop in for more information.
HopeSource needs
volunteers for their food bank program on Mondays from
12 pm to 4:30 pm and Wednesday 9am to 12pm and 1pm to
4:30 pm. Volunteers would need to commit to a minimum of
3 hours per week per month for at least 4 months
service. Duties include greeting clients, helping with
food shopping and carry out, stocking and cleaning.
Other hours and days are available for bulk food
repacking, stocking, cleaning and card board disposal.
For an application packet stop in either in the Cle Elum
office at 110 Pennsylvania Ave. or the Ellensburg office
at 601 W 5th Ave. For more information please
call 509-674-2375.
Volunteers are needed at the Ellensburg Chamber of
Commerce office on Thursdays, from 11:45 am to 1:15
pm. If you are interested in providing a friendly
introduction to our town visitors, please consider
becoming an ambassador for our city and our attractions
by volunteering your time at the Visitor Information
Center. Please contact Roylene at 925-2002, or
roylene@ellensburg-chamber.com
Kittitas County Friends of Animals needs volunteers
to foster animals in their home, transport animals to
rescues on the west side, man informational tablings at
local stores (in Ellensburg and Cle Elum), help trap and
transport feral (wild) cats to local vets for altering,
deliver food to needy people, and help with regular
cleaning and loving of our cats at our 2 foster
shelters. If you wish to help, please email
KCFOA@aol.com or call 509-899-4238.
Gallery One
is looking for a community member who is interested in
art that would assist the Gallery with updating the
volunteer database, volunteer at the gallery and help
organize volunteers for Gallery One events. Please call
Pam Zupan at 509-968-3212 for more information.
Volunteer Opportunities
is prepared by the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program
of Kittitas County. RSVP is a United Way Agency
sponsored by Central Washington University. Volunteers
of all ages are needed. To volunteer for any of today’s
listings, contact RSVP at (509) 962-4311. All Kittitas
County agencies, clubs and groups are encouraged to
submit, in writing, their volunteer openings by 5:00
p.m. on Wednesday to the RSVP office (707 North Pearl
St., Suite I) or by e-mail at
rsvp@elltel.net or fax at (509) 925-1730. |
